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protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation

2

to grow up; to become an adult

1

writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)

1

to cut; to slit

1

to bite off

1

profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

1

to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools

1

stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead

2

compensation; equivalent value; consideration

3

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter

1

dark red; dark brown; reddish brown

1

being filled with; being full of; permeation

1

being without a name; being nameless; namelessness

1

to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

2

looking depressed; long face

1

encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation

2

to be discouraged; to be disheartened

1

quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly

1

downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently

1

falling lightly (e.g. snow, petals, confetti); fluttering; flickering; twinkling; appearing and disappearing; catching glimpses

4

discouraged; dispirited; despondent

1

packing; baling; crating

1

break room; lounge (e.g. in an onsen); resting room

1

casual; unconcerned; nonchalant

2

visit; call

1

just one person; only one

1

attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage

5

unnecessary; unneeded

2

speech; expression; wording; language

1

owner

3

unkindness; unfriendliness

1

taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton

2

management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting

2

nonsense; no meaning; meaningless

2

superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian

15

discharge; dismissal

3

change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange

2

successor

3

appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation

4

to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)

1

sole prerogative; exclusive prerogative

1

personnel selection

2

to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest

1

blinking (in surprise)

1

funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable

2

not yet fixed; undecided; pending

1

in the same manner as before; the same as always

2

in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run

1

plenipotentiary powers; full authority

2